[Cialug] Wierd account stuff

[Tony Bibbs]

I was root when I changed the password.  Then I exited out to a normal 
user account and did "su - someuser" and entered the password I gave. 
And yes, it is in /etc/shadow as well as /etc/passwd.

Most bizarre damned thing I've ever seen.

--Tony

Brandon Griffis wrote:
> If you're logged in as root and do a su - <username> you shouldn't have 
> to enter a password.  As root it should just go.
> 
> Are you sudo'ing it as a regular user?  It almost sounds like you're not 
> really root when you're doing the su - <username> so it's possible that 
> you're not root when you passwd <username> to change the password.
> 
> That'd be the only idea off the top of my head.  Are there any more 
> details?  Is "incorrect password" the complete error?  Does the old 
> password still work?
> 
> If you can't get into the account at all you might try checking the 
> shadow file in /etc/ to make sure the user exists.
> 
> -Gamble
> 
> On 7/6/06, *Tony Bibbs* <tony at tonybibbs.com <mailto:tony at tonybibbs.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     sorry, I that is what I was doing "su - someuser"
> 
>     Jon Clemons wrote:
>      > Does it do the same thing if you su - username
>      >
>      > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Bibbs" <
>     tony at tonybibbs.com <mailto:tony at tonybibbs.com>>
>      > To: <cialug at cialug.org <mailto:cialug at cialug.org>>
>      > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 12:18 PM
>      > Subject: [Cialug] Wierd account stuff
>      >
>      >
>      >> I've got an account on a FC4 box and if I, as root, change the
>      >> password for a specific user and then try to su over I get
>     "incorrect
>      >> password" errors.  I've done this a few times and I keep getting the
>      >> same response.  Any ideas on what might be going on or what to
>     check
>      >> next?
>      >>
>      >> --Tony
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